diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index f1d78a8..a162814 100755
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ What is returned by these may be controlled by the nodeType attribute:
   True
   >>> m111.nodeType = 'info'
   >>> m112.nodeType = 'text'
-  >>> len(m11.getChildNodes('text'))
+  >>> len(list(m11.getChildNodes('text')))
   1
 
 There are also shortcut methods to retrieve certain types of nodes
@@ -181,17 +181,17 @@ in a simple and logical way:
   True
   >>> m112.getPage() is m11
   True
-  >>> len(m1.getMenuItems())
+  >>> len(list(m1.getMenuItems()))
   1
-  >>> len(m11.getMenuItems())
+  >>> len(list(m11.getMenuItems()))
   0
-  >>> len(m111.getMenuItems())
+  >>> len(list(m111.getMenuItems()))
   0
-  >>> len(m1.getTextItems())
+  >>> len(list(m1.getTextItems()))
   0
-  >>> len(m11.getTextItems())
+  >>> len(list(m11.getTextItems()))
   1
-  >>> len(m111.getTextItems())
+  >>> len(list(m111.getTextItems()))
   0
 
 Targets
diff --git a/view.py b/view.py
index 11c5b9f..fadf3d5 100644
--- a/view.py
+++ b/view.py
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@ class Node(View, OrderedContainer):
         return None
 
     def getChildNodes(self, nodeTypes=None):
-        return [item for item in self.values()
-                    if INode.providedBy(item)
-                        and (not nodeTypes or item.nodeType in nodeTypes)]
+        for item in self.values():
+            if INode.providedBy(item) \
+                    and (not nodeTypes or item.nodeType in nodeTypes):
+                yield item
+            else:
+                continue
 
     def getMenu(self):
         return self.nodeType == 'menu' and self or self.getParentNode(['menu'])